Hi Jeremy,
| Something like below - I didn't have time to test it fully, but | something is printed when I shutdown. | | use strict; use Win32::GUI qw (WM_QUERYENDSESSION); my $main = | Win32::GUI::Window->new(-name => 'Main', -text => 'Perl', -width => 200, | -height => 200);$main->AddLabel(-name => "Label", -text => "Hello, | world", -left => 20, -top => 20, -notify => | 1);$main->Hook(WM_QUERYENDSESSION,\ | &EndSession);$main->Show();Win32::GUI::Dialog(); sub EndSession { print | "WM_QUERYENDSESSION fired\n"; return 0;} It doesn't work for me, so I'll detail my steps. I put this code in a .pl file, reformatted it, then double clicked on the icon of the program. This opened a black terminal and a small window with "Hello, world". Then I clicked on the Start Menu, chose Stop. Windows (XP) then shows an error message saying that Windows cannot terminate this program; it offers to either terminate the program now or cancel. Does Windows shut down when you follow the same steps? Is there something you're doing differently? I tried adding the WM_CLOSE signal, but the result is the same. Same thing when I change EndSession's definition for an "exit(0)". So close and yet... Thanks alot for your time and help. Hope you can guide me through the last step! Seb. | > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:41:11 +0100 | > From: s...@h-k.fr | > To: jez_wh...@hotmail.com | > CC: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net | > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Windows shutdown | > | > | > Hi Jeremy, | > | > | > | One thing that did strike me when reading your mail was when you said | > | "application does not in itself require a GUI". When you hooked | > | WM_QUERYENDSESSION + WM_ENDSESSION, are you sure your application is | > | sitting on the event pump (Win32::GUI::Dialog) when windows shuts down? | > | If it's not, then you wont get the messages before it's too late... | > | > I'm pretty sure my code isn't at all what it's supposed to look like :-) | > If it's not too much trouble, could you send a working example with these | > variables and Win32::GUI::Dialog ? The simplest things can be hell to put | > together in the right order when it's done for the first time... | > | > | > Thanks! | > Seb. | > | > | > | > | > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:19:41 +0100 | > | > From: s...@h-k.fr | > | > To: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net | > | > Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Windows shutdown | > | > | > | > | > | > Hi folks, | > | > | > | > | > | > Here is the question: I'm looking for a minimal example of a (perl) script | > | > that dies (gracefully or not) when Windows tries to shutdown. | > | > | > | > Story: I have developed an application that monitors via RS232 the health | > | > of TV screens attached to PCs. The information gathered is relayed to a | > | > central server. This application must run continuously, but still die | > | > when an automatic shutdown is triggered on the PC. The application works | > | > but doesn't die when asked to (via Start->Stop). | > | > | > | > I have a fair knowledge of Perl and Unix, but I am totally new to Windows | > | > programming: don't hesitate to state an obvious solution :-) Please note | > | > that the application does not in itself require a GUI. I tried a GUI | > | > following the discussion here: | > | > http://objectmix.com/perl/20692-win32-how-quit-perl-script-during-log-off-automatically.html | > | > A solution that would use Win32::API would also work for me, I just | > | > thought it might be simpler with Win32::GUI. | > | > I have tried to use GetMessage and PeekMessage, but I'm clearly not using | > | > them the right way (again, I know zilsch about Windows programming). | > | > | > | > I've read the archives on mail-archive.com and found discussions dating | > | > back to 2001 and 2004; they do not provide a working example alas. I also | > | > tried to understand the man pages on CPAN and the samples in the tarball, | > | > but couldn't find a hint there either. | > | > | > | > Any hope, err, help, would be much appreciated! | > | > | > | > | > | > Seb. | > | > | > | > | > | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | > | > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community | > | > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support | > | > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy | > | > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers | > | > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev | > | > _______________________________________________ | > | > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list | > | > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net | > | > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users | > | > http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/ | > | | > | _________________________________________________________________ | > | Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts | > | http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/ | > | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community | > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support | > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy | > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers | > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev | > _______________________________________________ | > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list | > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net | > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users | > http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/ | | _________________________________________________________________ | Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts | http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/